Globalization and its enemies

Counters the argument that the global economy forces a system on people who do not want it, contending that globalization shows people material prosperity that they do want, and that poor countries have been excluded, not exploited.

1. The birth of the North-South axis --
2. From one globalization to another --
3. The new world economy --
4. The clash of civilizations? --
5. Indigenous growth --
6. The empire, etcetera --
7. AIDS and debt.

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Mondialisation et ses ennemis.

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Daniel Cohen ; translated by Jessica B. Baker.

Abstract:

A provocative argument that that the frustrations of globalization stem from the gap between the expectations created by modern media and the lagging economic reality in poor countries.Weiterlesen…

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"Globalization and Its Enemies is one of the most original and incisive inquiries into the subject that I have seen. No one who reads and understands it can come away believing that the current phase of this complex and uneven process is leading to the peaceful universal market of business utopians, or accept the simple narrative of anti-capitalist movements in which underdevelopment is a consequence of the wealth of advanced countries. There is more wisdom in Cohen's short book than in dozens of weightier tomes..." -- John Gray, The New York Review of Books "Daniel Cohen's breathtaking tour of globalization across the centuries is supremely entertaining and provocative. He punctures cherished myths and offers cool common sense and wisdom in the midst of hysterical debates. A must read!" --William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University, and author of The Elusive Quest for Growth and The White Man's BurdenWeiterlesen…